Game.



J. L. BAKER.

GAME.

APPLICATION FILED sEPT.7.1912.

L gpgl Patented Apr. 17, 191'?.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

J. L. BAKER.

GAME.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 7. |912.

' Patented Apr. 17, 1917.

JOHN-LUCIUS BAKER, 0F BONEITA SPRINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA.

GAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr., it', jll'..

Application led September 7, 1912. i Serial No. 719,109.

lTo all' whom t may concern:

and'pState of South Dakota, have invented` a. new and useful Game; and lt do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a new and useful card game.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a card game consisting of a deck of cards, thirty-six in all, and divided in groups or series, for playlng a very interesting game entitled Spanish live. The cards of one of the series or groups are provided with printed matter, in order to characterize the name of the game.

The gaine comprises Various features, to be hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings :e

Figures l to 6 are views showing the separate letter suits of the cards, one card in each constituting one of the trump suit cards.

Referring to the drawings it will be seen that each suit carries one of the letters of the alphabet over a numeral, the numerals being 2, 4f, 6, 8, la() and the Spanish 5 from which the game takes its name.

The game is entitled Spanish five because the cards of the five series are all counters, counting one extra. in each trick they are played, and because they are of a value to take any trick in which a card of a higher series is not led, and which the player pla-ying the card of the five series cannot follow suit. For instance, if one player leads any card of the B series, and one of the other players does not hold'a B card, but holds iX/5, the A/ card will take the trick, providing of course, a. trump is not played. ln like manner the card ft/5 may take either (3, 10, E or hwg the card l/5 may take either C, D, E or Img while the card C/ may take either D, E or F, etc.

is before stated, this game is entitled, preferably Spanish five, and in this case 'the game is played with the understanding there may be seven suits, six suits of which will contain five cards each, the seventh suit will therefore contain six cards, owing to the fact that as shown in the drawings the cards are divided up into six suits, six cards each, therefore it will be seen that by eX- tracting the' Spanish five rcard from each suit or group of the respective fi ures, for example (Ai/5, B/5, C/, D/, U5, and lF/) the seventh suit or group will be formed, and in this seven-th suit each letter of each card of this seventh suit will be di'erent, but the indicia or numeral will be the same. However, the lettering on each respective card of each remaining group or suit is the same, but the numerals of each card of said remaining groups or suits are different. It will be there is a trump suit of six cards, as compared to the other groups, which only have ive cards, will always enable one player to hold a greater number of trumps, and when there are seven playing the game, it is possible for one player to hold no trump, While the other siX players may hold a trump apiece. When four are playing the game nine cards -are dealt to each player, and each card assists rin completing the number of points made by a trick. For instance, the card Spanish five7 counts live points, the card A/Q counts 2 points, the card AA counts 4: points, the card A/G counts 6 points, the card A/8 counts 8 points, and the card li/l() counts l0 points, the cards of the other suit accordingly counting the same. After the cards are dealt subsequently to shuing, the player to the left of the dealer makes the first bid, according to the denominations of the cards he holds, and the number of trumps. Still moving to the left the other players either raise the bid or pass, and the player making the highest bid names the trump, but does not necessarily have to lead. However, according to the judgment of the highest bidder the player to lead may be named or designated. The trumps can be called in A777 B777 C777 E, or 6C ,P733 in the five lf the fives77 are trumps the lives will have to follow suit regardless of the series 'whenever the fives are led. The player who fails to make his bid, is set back the corresponding amount. Each trick counts one, which added to the corresponding amounts of each card in each trick inakes the number of points at the end of the game, or' when all the cards have been played, and the player making the highest number of understood that being till) points wins the game.l However, it may be decided prior to starting the game that the numerals on the cards,. excepting the Spanish five card (which is especially characterized by the numeral 1 with a circle thereabout) will not be used in counting the number of points. In this case, each trick counts 1, which added to the five card (which always counts 5) ,will make the number of points made by the player. Each player has to follow suit, if possible, and if unable to follow suit trump. l

The high cards, of course, take' the trick, the tens being the highest, the eights the next highest, etc. The card A/ cannot take the card A/lO, A/S or -A/ .unless it is a trump, and so onwith the fives in the remainder oft-he series, that is, if these cards are led. If either one of the cards B, 0, D, E," or F is led, and the cards A/lO and A/5 are in the trick, the card A/ will of course, take the trick, always providing no trump is played.

In case three or four persons are playing, the entire deck of cards should be dealt.

If two are playing, each player receive's tenV cards. The winner must have sixty points to secure the game.

The inventor is aware that card games have heretofore been devised, such as shown in the references cited against this case, and as illustrated in other patents, therefore the patentee is not claiming a card game broadly. However, the inventor is claiming a game apparatus comprising a pack of 36 cards,

'said cards not only being divisible into variable grou s, but each group being variable as to t e number of cards therein, and

the cards in each group being variable' alphabetically and numerically, as specically and definitely specified in the appended claims.

In case three or four persons are playing, the entire deck of. cards should be dealt. If two are playing, each player receives ten cards. The winner must have sixty points to secure the game. However, in a close game the bidder wins.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as newand usefulisz- 1. In combination; a pack of cards, divisible either into six groups of six cards each;

or into seven groups, six of which comprising five cards each, while the seventh group consists of six cards; Vwhen the cards are a1'- ranged in six groups, the cards o f each group are characterized conjunctively alphabetically and numerically, such as A/Q, aA/4, 4A/5,11 (ccspanish. veas), A/6,17 aA/8,59 and 4A/10; and ccB/Qn c 413/4, B/ (Spanish ve), B/, B/S, and B/lO, etc; when the cards are arranged in seven groups, the seventh group consists of six cards used as a trump group' and :being consecutively alphabetically characterized, such as A/, 1B/5, G/, D/5, l/5, and' F/5; while the remaining groups consist of vefcards each, in either case, however, there is always six groups characterized in alphabetical order, thereby constituting a game apparatus of thirty-six cards not only variable as to the number of groups, but variable as to the number of one of which comprising an even number o cards used as a trump group and consecutively alphabetically characterlzed, and eachV of the remaining groups comprising a less odd number of cards. v

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. l

JOHN LUCIUS BAKER. Witnesses:

F. B. ooDELL, N. M. WRIGH'rsoN. 

